Greek New Year's Cake

Recipe Ingredients

1 cup	198g / 7oz	Unsalted butter - (2 sticks) - room temperature
1 3/4 cups	346g / 12oz	Sugar - plus
1 tablespoon	15ml	Sugar
3		Eggs - separated
2		Eggs
2 tablespoons	30ml	Water
2 teaspoons	10ml	Vanilla extract
3 cups	187g / 6.6oz	All-purpose flour
1 teaspoon	5ml	Baking powder
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Salt
1		Quarter - washed, and
		Wrapped in foil
1/2 cup	46g / 1.6oz	Blanched slivered almonds - (abt 2 oz)
2 tablespoons	30ml	Sesame seeds

Recipe Instructions

Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 325 degrees. Grease and flour 10- by 4-inch tube pan. Using electric mixer, cream butter with 1 3/4 cups sugar in large bowl until fluffy. Gradually beat in 3 egg yolks, 2 whole eggs, water and vanilla.

Combine flour and baking powder in small bowl. Gradually mix dry ingredients into butter mixture (batter will be very thick).

Using clean, dry beaters, beat egg whites with salt in medium bowl until soft peaks form. Add remaining 1 tablespoon sugar and beat until stiff but not dry. Fold egg whites into batter.

Pour batter into prepared pan. Press coin into cake. Sprinkle with nuts and sesame seeds. Bake until toothpick inserted near center of cake comes out clean, about 1 hour 10 minutes. Cool completely in pan on rack. Run knife around pan to loosen. Invert onto plate. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Wrap tightly and store at room temperature.)

This recipe yields 12 servings.

Source:
Bon Appetit, December 1991

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